As a prize for guessing the correct “answer” or winner, no that is wrong, and should be condemned. If the “answer” requires a substantial amount of work, knowledge or research, giving merits for a correct answer may be acceptable.
It appears that Sportsbet is effectively selling merit, which is against the spirit of the merit system.
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I think merit as a reward for prediction is a very wrong approach. It should not be given for such purpose, only good quality post should be given merits. However, I want to link you this thread by DTalk- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53624239
He planned to share merit for people who can write quality post on a given topic which was also a form of rewards. You can get some good discussion from that.
He planned to share merit for people who can write quality post on a given topic which was also a form of rewards. You can get some good discussion from that.
I haven't given it any more thought. Since there have been such threads/raffles/actions several times and nobody ever had a problem with it, it was tolerated until now.
If this is a violation of rules we can of course change that.
If not I would leave it as it is
If this is a violation of rules we can of course change that.
If not I would leave it as it is
Merits aren't supposed to be given out as prizes unless the contest has something to do with making the best post or something like that--certainly not for making the right call on a soccer game. That's something I'd probably report to the moderators, though I'm not sure how they'd handle it. Hopefully they'd put a stop to it, as it's a blatant misuse of the merit system (though I can't read German and thus can't understand exactly what's going on).
Merit system is not moderated so I don't think this should be reported unless it falls under "incentivizing low-effort posts".
I've offered merits in the past for a correct guess on something or other. I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with that if it creates a good discussion. I don't know German well enough to figure out if those soccer threads are merely ad/spam threads or there's more going on.
Looks like moderator Mole0815 is aware and condoning it.
Merits aren't supposed to be given out as prizes unless the contest has something to do with making the best post or something like that--certainly not for making the right call on a soccer game. That's something I'd probably report to the moderators, though I'm not sure how they'd handle it. Hopefully they'd put a stop to it, as it's a blatant misuse of the merit system (though I can't read German and thus can't understand exactly what's going on).
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However i'd say reporting it is pretty useless.
Fair enough, but I'd probably do it anyway if I saw it happening in a language I could understand. 
In the german section, there are two topics (from sportsbet and bitcasino) which offer merits as a prize for correct betting on soccer games.
Merits are intended to express the appreciation of a good / worthy post.
Giving them out as a prize seems.. odd.. to say at least.
What is the general consensus regarding such behavior? What is your personal opinion?
Merits are intended to express the appreciation of a good / worthy post.
Giving them out as a prize seems.. odd.. to say at least.
What is the general consensus regarding such behavior? What is your personal opinion?
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